Thursday, December 3 December 3, 2009
Students will be able to: Complete learning information about the clipboard and font groups and apply it to the first set of business card project.
Class Materials:
- flash drive
- Microsoft Word
- Handout
Class Procedure:
- Discuss why minimize,restore down, maximize and close look the way they do.
- Briefly review yesterday’s lesson
- Receive handout with _businesscard project on it
- Create 10 logos within your document
Homework:
1. Review all worksheets given out this week
2. Review all quizzes given back to you
3. This tip is for all of my students that read my blog. You are allowed to bring all worksheets, previous quizzes and notes to aid you with your quiz tomorrow. You are only allowed to use your quizzes and it will be checked tomorrow. Because of these helpers, the quiz may be harder. I suggest looking over the questions you got wrong or 1/2 credit on and asking either myself or a classmate how you could have answered it differently.
Wednesday, December 2 December 2, 2009
Students will be able to: Review the clipboard basics and use visual cues to learn about what each font command stands for.
Class Materials:
- flash drive
- Microsoft word
- homework
- pencil
In Class Procedure:
- Complete a current event blog, go to CNN.com
- How do we know how to read the signs in the picture below? Visual communication is working daily!
2. Font Group worksheet (make sure you are saving these worksheets)
Homework:
1. Review class notes
2. Quiz on Friday
Tuesday, December 1 December 1, 2009
Students will be able to: Learn the basics of the font group by using enhanced screen tips and visual aids.
Class Materials:
- flash drive
- Microsoft word
- homework
- pencil
In Class Procedure:
- Receive prayer, schedule and newsletter project grades
- Check homework ( 6 sketches)
- Font Group worksheet (make sure you are saving these worksheets)
Homework:
1. Finish font worksheet
Monday, November 30 November 30, 2009
Students will be able to: Learn the basics of the clipboard group by using enhanced screen tips and visual aids.
Class Materials:
- flash drive
- Microsoft word
- homework
- pencil
In Class Procedure:
- Receive prayer, schedule and newsletter project grades
- Check homework ( business cards/two homework assignments)
- Clipboard Group worksheet (make sure you are saving these worksheets)
Homework:
1. Finish worksheet for tomorrow’s lecture
2. Redraw six of your business cards ( three of your favorites for the first & last name AND three of your initials!
YES, YOU HAVE A PROJECT OVER THANKSGIVING BREAK! November 24, 2009
Business cards are important because they allow people to give share their contact information in a professional manner. In the work world, it is important to develop the skill of networking. When you meet new people that could possibly help your business, you should form a professional relationship with that person and trade your contact information for future possibility.
There are all different types of design layouts for business cards. With this project, you are to have the mentality of a freelance graphic design artist. A graphic design artist may or not have his or her portfolio at hand, so it is important that you sell yourself with your creative business card.
What are you supposed to do over break?
1. Download the document and print this out (if you do not have a printer handy, you can just draw boxes on paper.
2. You will be doing 10 sketches total (broken into two groups of 5)
5. If you were absent or you lost your sketch sheet, here it is–>sketch sheet
Monday-Wednesday, November 23-25 November 23, 2009
Students will be able to: Create a heading, enter and format the text and format the columns.
Class Materials:
- three paragraphs about three people you care about
- notebook
- class book
- flash drive
Class Procedure:
1. Check homework
2. go through tutorial, page 8-13
Homework:
Friday, November 20 November 20, 2009
Students will be able to: Exercise all knowledge learned over these two weeks and finish incomplete projects.
Class Materials:
- in class text book
- flash drive
Class Procedure:
- Take the quiz
- Finish up class projects ( _prayer & _schedule )
- Begin homework if you are able
Homework:
1. This homework assignment will put you in a good place for Monday’s project. We will be creating a Thanksgiving newsletter that you will be giving to three people you care deeply about.
3. For homework you are going to select three people (doesn’t matter if it is family or friends) and you are going to write a paragraph per person. On Monday, you will be taking your text and inserting it into your newsletter project.
What should each paragraph include?
1. In what ways do you care about this person?
2. Why are you thankful for this person?
3. Has this person taught you something about life that you will never forget?
4. What is is about this person that makes them so special to you?
You can write whatever you like;
this are just some examples to help you think.
Wednesday, November 18 November 18, 2009
Students will be able to: Learn how to create tables, merge cells, add shading and add/modify a graphic.
Class Materials:
- Pencil
- Notebook
- Microsoft Office 2007, page 1-7
In Class Procedure:
1. Open books pages 1-7, instead of the Pinnacle Hiking Club, insert your very own day to day class schedule.
2. We will be doing our second project ( title: _schedule )
3. This _prayer and _schedule is due on Friday. When the schedule is complete, you may go back and fix up your prayer document.
4. Work is done individually and SAVED TO THE HOME DIRECTORY.
5. If you feel lost, confused or rushed in class, you need to take on the responsibility for coming in for extra help. My door is always open to all of you!
Class Sample:
Independent Questions:
For your quiz on Friday, you must know how each of these elements function on our computer. This is not homework, however, it is encouraged to review these elements because they will be on the quiz. I am available in the morning and after school to review these terms if you need extra help.
- Terms from yesterday from your notes:
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- What is a Network & how does it relate to our Home Directory (How do we all view pictures at the same time?)
- What is the difference between Save and Save As?
- Draw each of these icons: Minimize, Restore Down, Maximize, Close
- Hard Drive, USB Port, USB (How do they work together?)
- Office Button (where is it and what does it look like?)
- Tabs, Groups, commands
- Dialogue Box Launcher & Dialogue Box
- Enhanced screen tip vs. Live Preview (what is the difference?)
- How do I navigate to my flash drive after I have inserted it? (This does not include the dialogue box that jumps up- please navigate through the computer and write the steps)
- How do you create a new folder?
- Can I save on my school computer’s hard drive? Where are the only two places I can save my work at school?
- What does, “by default” mean?
- create tables
- merge cells
- add shading
- add/modify a graphic.
Homework:
1. Make sure to look over the independent questions- there have been a few additions!
Tuesday, November 17 November 17, 2009
Students will be able to: Finish “learning how to save to home directory” and create our first project.
Class Materials:
- Pencil
- Notebook
- Handout
In Class Procedure:
1. Learn how to save to the home directory (create folders)
2. We will be doing our first project (title: _prayer)
3. Work is done individually and SAVED TO THE HOME DIRECTORY
Class Sample: Great job to everyone!
Independent Questions:
For your quiz on Friday, you must know how each of these elements function on our computer. This is not homework, however, it is encouraged to review these elements because they will be on the quiz. I am available in the morning and after school to review these terms if you need extra help.
- Terms from yesterday from your notes:
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- What is a Network & how does it relate to our Home Directory (How do we all view pictures at the same time?)
- What is the difference between Save and Save As?
- Draw each of these icons: Minimize, Restore Down, Maximize, Close
- Hard Drive, USB Port, USB (How do they work together?)
- Office Button (where is it and what does it look like?)
- Tabs, Groups, commands
- Dialogue Box Launcher & Dialogue Box
- Enhanced screen tip vs. Live Preview (what is the difference?)
- How do I navigate to my flash drive after I have inserted it? (This does not include the dialogue box that jumps up- please navigate through the computer and write the steps)
- How do you create a new folder?
- Can I save on my school computer’s hard drive? Where are the only two places I can save my work at school?
- What does, “by default” mean?
Homework:
1. Make sure to look over the independent questions
2. Bring in your school schedule to class tomorrow
